Entertainment on wheels
Why do so many amusing incidents occur during train journeys? I remember the day when a ticket inspector entered the compartment where six or eight commuters were s 15115q168p itting. Everyone quickly found their ticket except for the man sitting next to me. His hand dived urgently into his pockets and then he begin to search trough his briefcase. Everyone else could see exactly were his ticket was - he was gripping it between his teeth.
The ticket inspector calmly dealt with all the other passengers. Then, equally calmly, he drew the ticket from between the man's teeth, examined it with a frown and popped it back again.
Once the inspector had left the compartment, most of the passengers settle down and carried on reading their morning papers. As for the passenger who had had his ticket in his mouth, he popped it into his pocket, looking very relieved.
He was generally quite a friendly person, so to make conversation I sad to him: "You must have felt foolish searching in all your pockets while it was in your mouth" "Foolish?" he whispered. "Not at all. - I was chewing the date off".
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